Several studies have implied gender differences in startle reaction to emotional facial expressions. However, few studies have been designed to investigate the difference between responding to emotional female vs. male faces, nor gender differences in responses. The present experiment investigated startle EMG responses to a startle probe while viewing pictures of neutral, happy, angry, fearful, and ...

Sexual behavior is activated by motivation. An overwhelming majority of experimental studies of the intricacies of sexual motivation has been performed in rodents, most of them in rats. Sometimes it is desirable to generalize results obtained in this species to other species, particularly the human. It is hoped that studies of the neurobiology of rodent sexual behavior may shed light on the central ...

Background Sexual assault and rape are the traumatic life events with the highest probability for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which can have devastating consequences for those aficted by the condition. Studies indicate that modifed prolonged exposure (mPE) therapy may be efective in preventing the development of PTSD in recently traumatized individuals, and especially for people who ...

Hvordan kan kunnskap om moralpsykologi bidra til moralteori? Kan moral reduseres til én universell, allmenngyldig sannhet, eksempelvis grad av lykke, eller kreves det en pluralistisk tilnærming der moral forstås som bestående av flere uavhengige fundamenter som sammen forklarer ulike menneskers moralske valg? I denne oppgaven diskuteres disse problemstillingene med utgangspunkt i normativ moralfilosofisk ...

The current study aimed to investigate earlier reported connections to the morningness- eveningness dimension or flextime, and to offer an explanatory model linking these variables to well-being and productivity. Earlier findings gave the impression that it could be beneficial for both organizations and employees to have work schedules allowing employees to take their own circadian rhythm into ...

Formålet med denne studien var å undersøke hva som motiverer behandlere som driver med utradisjonelle former for psykoterapi. Det ble intervjuet 8 behandlere som har valgt å bruke hest som intervensjon i sitt psykoterapeutiske arbeid. Analysen av intervjuene ble gjennomført ved hjelp av Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Funnene viser at behandlerne blir motiverte av en rekke ulike faktorer, ...

This chapter focuses on the topic of character portrayals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in film and TV-series. We address this topic by presenting research from the general psychiatric field before we discuss the research on portrayals of characters with ASD. We will also provide the reader with some examples of films and TV-series that have been given particular attention in the popular media ...

Following theories of emotional embodiment, the facial feedback hypothesis suggests that individuals’ subjective experiences of emotion are influenced by their facial expressions. However, evidence for this hypothesis has been mixed. We thus formed a global adversarial collaboration and carried out a preregistered, multicentre study designed to specify and test the conditions that should most reliably ...

Bakgrunn: Munchausen syndrom by proxy beskriver en lidelse der en forelder utsetter barnet sitt for flere unødvendige, skadelige og potensielt dødelige medisinske prosedyrer ved å falsifisere, produsere eller lyve om medisinske symptomer. Helsepersonell blir ufrivillig og ubevisst bidragsytere til mishandlingen i form av unødvendige utredninger og behandlinger. Formål: Hensikten med studien er å ...

This study addresses Norwegian infants’ sleeping places during the day and night. In the first part we asked the general public to indicate where they think infants should sleep by placing stickers on a depiction of different sleeping places. This revealed that infants were expected to predominantly sleep outside in a stroller during the day and either bedshare, room share or sleep independently ...